Game-of-auoits apparatus



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- S. P. WBTHERI'LL.

GAME 0]? QUOITS APPARATUS.

No. 250,695. Patented Dec. 13,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFicE.

SAMUEL P. WETHERILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME-OF-QUOITS APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,695, dated December13, 1881.

Application filed November 3, 1881.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL P. WETHERILL,

of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Gameof-Quoits Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification. My invention relates to the vulcanite quoits for which apatent was allowed to me October 4,1881; and it consists of acombination of the quoits and the adjustable hubs with two platforms,(perforated for the hubs,) constructed with close or open bases, adaptedand fitted to each other, so as to form, when united, a secure andportable receptacle for the other parts of the game apparatus, theseveral parts being disposed and utilized in the package, substantiallyas below set forth.

111 the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the exterior orface of either of the two platforms; Fig. 2, a side view of the twoplatforms, showing their bases fitted to each other, and one of the hubsin its position as a handle, and also one of the two hooks employed tofasten the platforms together; Fig. 3, a crosssection,showingthebasesofthe platforms fitted to and overlapping each other, forming the closereceptacle in which the quoits are suspended on one of the hubs, theother hub forming the handle by which the apparatus is carried. Fig. 4is a perspective of the apparatus disposed for the game, the hubsbeinginserted in their respective sockets in the platform-faces.

In the several figures, a and a are the two platforms, which overhangtheir respective bases b and-b. e and c are the hubs, which areinterchangeable. cl and d are holes forming sockets for the hubs. e isone of two similar hooksused forfasteningtheplatformstogether.

fare the quoits.

When the game has been finished, or when for any other reason it isdesired to pack up the apparatus, the hubs are drawn out of their (Nomodel.)

sockets,-'one of them is then inserted into the socket within the baseon the reverse side of either of the platforms, and the quoits aresuspended on it. The bases of the platforms are then applied to eachother, the other hub being at the same time inserted into the socketformed for it between the projections of the platforms, and thehooksfare fastened.

Instead of being circular, as shown, the platforms and their bases maybe square, oblong, or of any other desired form, and instead of beingmade close the bases may be in the form oflegs, and in such case,instead of using one of the hubs to hang the quoits on when theapparatus is packed, a permanent middle leg or peg for this purpose canbe attached to either platform, a pocket within the base of eitherplatform being provided for the hubs, or for that one not used as ahandle. The circular form is preferable for the bases, however, becausethey can be inexpensively made of bent wood, and can be made lighter andstronger in that form.

I claim 1. The two platforms a and a, united by their close bases 1) andb, in combination with the adjustable hubs c and c, said hubs beingadaptedto be interchangeably used as a means for suspending the quoitswithin the bases of S. P. VVETHERILL.

' Witnesses J. E. SHAW,

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM.

